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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
PRESIDENTIAL INVITATIONS.
From Chattanooga,

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. July ~ As it is
probable that the President while either
going TO or returning from Atlanta VIII
pass through this city, the Mayor Of Chat-
tanoOga st the request OF g large number
OF leadirg citizens has sent the following
Telegram:
To cover tlevel1n5, President of the United
States. Washntou:
For the people of Chattanooga, ir-
respective of political faith, l
wish to eXtcrd to you and
Mrs Cleveland an invitation to stop Z day
at Chattanooga while en- route to At
lanta, that you may visit Lockout noun
tains and lis beautiful and historic en-
virons, aud witness the prosperity of the
most progressive commercial and maui
featuring city in the south. Chattanooga
being the center of an extensive system
of railroads, your visit here Will best en-
able the people of East and Middle Ten
nessee, North Georgia and North Ala
bama to pay their respects to their chief
magistrate. Chattanooga extends you
hearty and cordial welcome, and It's TO-
600 citizens, representing by the places
of their nativity every state in the Unlon,
will feel honored by your presence
among them. (SignedJ
a. G. SHARP, Mayor,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Home Notes.

Home Notes.
C.P. Fegan, travelling passenger agent
OF the Wabash, Is in Fort Worth.
j. r. Tillmap, trammaster Of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe Is il Fort Worth.
II. s. Embody, assistant travelling audi
tor of the Cuff, Colorado and San q Fe,
is mere.
The south-bound Missouri Pacific due
here in the morning was eight hours late
yesterday.
TIE Fort Worth Western is the next
Fort Worth railroad project 10 be pushed
TO completion.
j. W Clark, assistant engineer OF the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa F. was in Fort
Worth Yesterday.
The locating engineers OF the Farmers
Vile Fort Worth line were nearly TO
Grapevine last night.
W. S. Il. Parker, travelling auditor Of
the Gulf, Colorado and SANTA Fe spent
yesterday il Fort Worth.
The Fort Worth and Rio Grande will
soon give Fort Worth and Granbury tele-
graphic communication.
The d. 8. p. is very quiet these days.
Grapevine put a crimp in the land and
town lot railroad company.
j. NJ. Phillips, superintendent of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe was in ForI
Worth yesterday, and will remain mere
to-day.
Fifty miles of track Will give For;
Worth 81 air line to Sherman via Grape
vine, over the ST. Louis, Arkansas anc
TeXzs.
TIE chenge of time On the Gull, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe will certainly take
place on August Il, is what officers of th'
rosd say.
Roche, Hurley s Tlerney are pushing
the wcrK rapidly on the Corsicsns- Hills
boro extension OF the ST. Louis, Arkansa:
sEd Texas.
Fort Worth vans to see Governo
John c. Brown president OF the old re
liable Texas and Pacific, the unparalleled
east and west trunk line of Texas.
-
If Whist rumor says is correct, the For
Worth and Denver has need of all tn
ground it owns in this city. Two grea
trunk lines cAn u.e miles of side track.
The Missouri Pacific extension fror
Weodbine 10 Decatur and Jscksboro an
extension of the East Line to Fort WORT
are receiving the attention of the com
panY.
The last paralleling scheme Of the Dial
las papers fell fiat. Dallas will be force,
out of the psralleling business before sh
knows. Dallas has also stopped dispos
ing of railroads in which she owns n,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Bahe BnIl.

NEW YORK, July 2?.-Cincinnati, S.;
Brooklyn, 6.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 29.-Indian-
apolis, s: Washington, %.
NEW YORK, July Metropolitan, ( :;
Cleveland, 3.
BALTIMORE, MD, July 29.-Baltimore,
8; St. Louis, -.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 29.-Louls-
vile, I; Athletics, 10.
DETROIT, Mich, July 29.-De.roit, S;
New York, ).
CHICAGO, Ill, July 29.-Chicago, II ;
Boston, ).
PITTsBURG, Pa July %, Philadelphia,
g: Pittsburg, .
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
FORT SMITH
Burning rD aamo'er,' rooi.-ln Ola Case

Burning p GamblerA' Toois-An Ola Case
BeiDg Tried,
Special to the Gazette.
Fort SMITH, ARK, July % The police
raided all the gambling houses this after
noon and seizsd ali the tables, cards,
checks and appliances, making a bo1fre
on the street,
Jef Hildebrsn had trial in the Fed
eral court, charged with the murder of 8
n gro named John Ridgeway in the Cher
okee Nation, May !, 1881 JEFF has been
in Jail here nineteen months.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
HARRY Rilksa D.fnatnd

CLEVELAND. ONO, July 29.-This was
the closing day OF the grand circuit race.
The weather was fine, track fast, attend
ance 10000. TIE feature Of the day was
the defest Of Harry Wilkes in three
straight hests by c. F. Emory's four
year-old stallion, Patron, who established
y record OF 2:l4
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

tsinment t. q large audience g. e..
house last night Tne singing WAS
the essays, speeches aud recitation
excellent and very Interest,".
members Of this organization
deserve @ies, credi, for -ha p,ci.
TIE executive ccGU.t-ea If CT.
ers' Alliance met ths CITIZENS c.
here yesterday suI scc.E.
plat Ct 2roUcd tss-
ci,jz.ns' committee Lat sa.-
the Alliance cotton yard IT,
Il 81 the II Gud AID fences il 81
OIice rooms fpr the A.5auCc cots
and furnishes it rent Fl ( 10 the g.
ct Parker coUDtFfor tw1 or
Ta.s was s.rauIpd between r..
Of this CRY snd Nj. Q. G.. Ia
t~Suciai aG5at for tn A.Ee,.
city, July -.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Houston and Texas CentraI 2

TEE OIL ALL-sTE&L LIEE49s TIE STAYS.
Double daily tralne eecn way. J----r,
Sleepers between 5: LoRfs and l.-
ma on Trains and ,, and between St.Loa,.
Galveston on Trains ; and :, via l 50
DenisOn and Sedalia. Sleeper between l.-s-
ton and Austin. ThrOugn TlCEet3 20 I'll ..-i'
QUICKEST route 10 New Orleans and pr.l.7 r.
the Southeast. Choios Of routes via is-.
and St. Louis, or Hedgton and New G-
Steamship s!ckets - or from any point z
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

charged about August /. TIE rosdbed
Of the Santa Fe through the whole Terri
tory is now in primo condition.
The Missouri Pacific is now hauling e
train load or two Of cattle through this
c ~ every day, which are en- route for the
St. Louis snd Chicago markets from
points west Of hP,e.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
From Raleigh,

RALEIGH, n. c., July pa very large
meeting of citizens was held yesterday,
at which resolutions were passed cor
daily and earnestly inviting President
Cleveland to visit this city during the
state fair IN October.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Evaa1ng the Discriminating Section.

EVadlrS the Discriminating Section.
ST. Louis, Mo, July 2".-The Missouri
Republican claims to have discovered 3
new way by which traffic manager sue
ceeds in eYading the discriminating sec
ton OF the interstate commerce lay
The scheme is this; Every rsilrosd has
fled with It's claim agent every day
claims fJr damages to freight IN transit
Perhaps 30 per cent. of these have no
merit, and are promptly pigeon-toled.
This class are being resurrec.ad by traffic
managers and where the claimant is i
Big shipper be is waited upon by the col
Iec;ing agent, who in.imates thst there is
an old claim Of his On file that never has
been properly examined, AID if the ship
per says so the agent Will have it re tX-
amined. The egeDt ices sure that i The
shipper Will throw 81! OF mis- business
over the agents line for a given period
the old claim viii be sliowed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
From Franklin,

Special to the Gazette.
FRANKLIN, TEX, July 29.-Calvert re-
ceived two bsles Of cotton to-day, the
first of the season.
Mrs. Judge Campbell of Franklin is
dying. .a.s.sesi
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Ready for change of Gauge.
Special 10 the Gazette.


GREENvLLE, TEX, July ZEE vas
sscertaiDed to-day flom r. ]. Duncan.
superintendent Of the East Lire branch Of
the Missouri Pacific Railway, that with the
exception Of work On the bridges along
the liCe, the road mentioned is in resdi-
ness for the change 10 Standard gauge
from Greenville to JEFF rson. Superin-
tendent Duncan further states that bridge
timbers gre distributed along the entire
line and that the tchirS machinery was
being employed. He does 10. know jas.
now soon the widening OF gauge viii be
cOnsumms!ed. The indications point,
however, to the PROBABLE chsIGe ofEgauge
lis summer.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Nine New Cases,

KEY WEST, FLA, July 2s.-Nine new
cases of yellow fever are reported since
yesterday, but no deaths.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

Thorp Andrews OF the Bureau Of Aui-
MAJ Industry writes from the north that
owners OF herds lately on the trall bound
northWard are driving them in the 0p-
pOsite direction 10 wherever they can
fud place to ranch them. Buyers sire
still cons picuous by their aoseIc..
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

The hot, dCy weather is very unIaVGr-
able to business ard bu; little trading Il
going on, although scarcely dsy pssses
II For. Worth that visiting ranchmen and
buyers from sbroad cannot be seen about
the notels and 1--we stOck Offices.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
THE RAILROADS.
Sherman Takes Up tho P:cj ct Of Sc
ar Lime 10 Fort Wor)h and
Works f0r Il,

Worth and Rio GTanGe-Ths Fort
Worth Western Home Notes.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
RAELRO q. EDS
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
MISSOURI. PACIFIC

MISs0uR, PACIFIC
NORTH BOUND.
Arrive. Leave.
LAREDO and S.. Louis ..... 7:le "a 7,45 q II
G6n antonio and ST. Louie. sue ~ $40 Il
SOUTH BOUND.
81. Louis and I4aredo..-..... sec p II 20 . n
81. Louis and san Antonio. SIS / II $40 IL
TEXAS SIND PACIFIC.
EAST BOUND.
so ? daily. Observation-Disclosures 1870 n
40. dgllT .................... SEQ p m e:l0p N
WEST BOUND.
no. daiiv .-...-.--..... .-.. soc . n
40. Observation-Disclosures. $50 a n $40 D
TRANSCONYENCNTai-
NOETH B0Usp.
Fort Worth, WEtcaboro AND Arrive. Leave
Fort Wor.h. Sherman ana
Texarkana. 9:0OpE s:20pm
sOCTH BOUND.
Tsxsrkand, WEitesboro and
Fort Worth ......-........ S:OO d ~ r n,
TexartanA, Sherman and
FORT Worth. -......-.-. e:l5 u SAC Tn
FoBT WCRTi4 AND GENVER.
EoYth bound ................. e:55 Il
South nd.....-........... 40 p n
AL me above from the Union Depot,
c. o. LUsR, Ticket Agent
HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL.
Leave. Arrive.
Express trains............... 80 . m i0:45 g N
Express 9ius....-.......... b:lG N 1880 n
2. \. MILLER. Ticket agent.
DEPOT near corner of Jones street and Dag
gel. avenue. Gi.g Office zoe Main street.
euLF. COLORADO AND aANTAFE.
NCHTD BOUND.
Arrive. Leave.
No. Observation-Disclosures. ...... s 30 y N $3.50 = m
No S.......... ...-.-... ...... $40 q Il 5:l5 = Il
SOUTH POUND.
No. 2....................- 5 20 4 n $50 a m
No. .--......... ..lC:50 p n 1875 p n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

still cons piCuous by their aoseLc..
StOckmen have UfLea attempted to go
into the beet refrigeratIug business, ard
as yet no success can oe recorded. The
Marquis DeM0res made his mistake in
Locating where cattle could be- rad but
four months IN the year. IN Texas two
refIigerasOrs were erected in districts
where there were few beef cattle sud no
sheep. Tne one a. Fort WORTH is well
brilt ard in 2 peIftCtly satisfactory l2-
cation, but has never mad capital behind
it TO run the half the actual capacity O.
the p ant.
T1e Texas Live Stock Jour8a, is .
strong believer il the absolute necessity
Tor a beef rctigera or in NOTtaCrn Tex:
yet at this time does not consider il
nee ssary for the beef raisers to taae I'll
the stock II it. There is 10 occasion fOr
stockmen to raise 500 600, end then cake
upon themselves the management Of 8
great butcher business. The ssocEmsu
is not obliged TO become 3 butcher, bat
he must induce others 20 do the WlrE
and furnish the capital It is not the
butcher profit the COwman seeks; it j.
the competition IL home markets. Com
PclLt4Ou " III SdNc sLtlHhA9C hIO icCN
charges AID inCEeaac values at the same
time.
In order to show what s.ockmen can
Gnd must dc, let Us go back short
time 10 see what stockmeu failed 20 DC
~ Dallas, last January, at G meeting
Of the Texas Live Stock Association q
proposition was made TO run the For
Worth refrigerator one year II the
stockmen would guarantee q bonus Il
$4,000 The very natural infereace be
ing tina. the works would rua cortjLn-
ouslY, o. the bonus would never be
earned. That proposition was received
in silence. Not enc voice advocated rails
ing the bonus, end reference TO com
mittee killed the proposition for the time
being. The stockmen were travelling
some other road-a road that leads u
nowhere. But The proposition remains,
and will remain until it is accepted
Live Stock Journal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
SPORTING.
Base Ball at DeniBon.

special to the Gazette.
DENIsON, TEX July 80 The game of
ball between the lawyers and doctors this
afternoon resulted in sn easy victory for
the former; score, SO TO IS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

Z. /. MILLER, I1cKe. Agent, For: Wo1.-.
Z, z. ROBINS, 2. +. y, Fort Eo-s-
A. FbULK% Err, Gen Pass. A9-rL H~-..-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

A great many cattlemen were il the
city during the late big Anti-T rendition
gathering, buc very few Of them lrans-
sc.ed any business pertaining 70 cstlle.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

The Cheapest of AT.
The Weekly GAZETTE only 81 year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

TIE Stock Yard Company mas purchased
the Mitchell trac. Of 40 acres, near the
city.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

X w. Shedd, freight conductor On
the Missouri Pacific, well known in Fort
Worth, was slightly hurt in & wreck near
Pilot Point yestel day. He IVES brought
here last night.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

TFa E;asaS ss1sscrs ,n ssn 5Fsyrr
A. Anfarsaniz gun s.lr.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Gulf, Colorado and Santa
R A.IIR. o AT
More Miles of Steel Rails fhsn cry Il.
in tbs State. Dounfe Daily
Trains Each WAY.

Through sIcepers on trains and tc.T--1
Galveston and Kansas City. No chany re cs.s
OF any class Reclining chair cars on tr...s
and between Galveston and GEir.-t--.-'
Quickest route 10 Houston and Galveston.
Southwark. TLME CARD Nort.u.rt
Leave. In effect June y, 1851 Ar-.y=-
Mo- MOI No No
DAILY. DAILY DAILY. ALI
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
forn., Hav At 20 o.ussis Ha1..

New crop, .. WsF. Patterson's feed
store.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30
Gainesville Roads.

Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX July 29.-Aoout
400 men who have been engaged in sur
facing and construction work on the
Santa Fe in the Territory will be dis
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

The general impression pervsdjng rail,
r0ad Circlss is that the Fort EFoT and
RIO Grande will not stop at GIanoury Tor
d longer time shan is required hy the en-
gineeTs 70 locate the lac TO San Angelo
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

Frank Williams, assistant ticket agent
at the Unimn depot, returned lest nigh
with his bride from q TITO to Missouri, MS
Old home. His many friends IN thia city
welcome him nome
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

If the Afchison, Topeka and Santa Te
has bought the s.. LoEis end San Flsn-
cisco there is more reason t1an ever for it
TO build from Farmersvillc 20 Fort Worth,
and # it has not there is every reason why
il should build the line.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

The committee obtaining the right Of
way in Tarrsnt and Daliss counties f)r
tie ST. Louis, Arkansas, snd T,Xas is
6 ii hard 81 work. Yesterday they mad
meeting with those who went on the wight
Of way bond
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

Home Notes.
c. 2. FegGG, travelling passenger agent
OF the Wabash, Is in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

interest 70 purchasers of her own choos
ing.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

j. W Clark, assistant engineer OF the
Cuff, Colorado and Santa F. was in Fort
Worth Yesterday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

The south-bound Missouri Pacific due
here in the morning was eight hours late
yesterday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

@. ID. LUSK, Ticket Agent, Union DF5pOt,
Fort UI,6
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

Contractor Hughes forces we're aug
mented yesterday by number of trains
and men from the Santa Fe. Weather
ford lire having completed their work
there. 3 ginning Monday, the work into
the city on the Fort Worth and Rio
Grardc viii be pushed With will.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

TIE Fort Worth Western is the next
Fort Worth railroad project 10 be pushed
TO completion.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-30

The locsting engineers OF the Farmers
Vile Fort Worth line were nearly 10
Grapevine last night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-05-14

All these articles were sold at auc-
ton after forty-eight hours. When
this famous seizure was made the man
McRae was at the point Of death. His
wife and seven children were living on
potatoes alone. They were clad in rags
and there was not a penny in the house.
Babies and cradles are evidently of
small value in Scotland. "Saxpunce"
is the official figure, while the puppy
log brings a shilling. OF course, the
dog was a Skye. Probably that ac-
counts for it. But the baby was .
Skye, too.
Now, if this unique proceeding had
occurred in Ireland. nobody would be
surprised. The exploits of landlordism
in that country arc world-renowned
now, and they are defended by the al
legged "pure cussedness, and rebellion
Of the tenants. But this novel affair
took place in the land Of loyalty. fidelity
and submission, whose people flourish
in the full enjoyment of all the bless
ings of English civilization and laws.
and whose soil, honored by the nativity
Of John Brown, is still favored by the
affections Of the Empress Of India
Toledo Blade.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-05-14

Conplsts Abelitiea q slavsry n ths Rssh
Provines or stats q Bokhar.-
bokhara, the noble, the richest, most
enlightened and most holy Of all Mo-
nammedan nations In Central Asia and
beyond u. has Just ofhcial!y declared
tne complete abolition OF slavery. Up
% the present this curse had not alto
getner disappeared, although it WAS
generally assumed that since Russia
secured control over the Ameer's coun-
try 1t had quite ceased to exist Four
Teen years ago N. Eugene Schuyler,
tne author OF "Ioorkistan. " in order to
demonstrate to the Russian Govern
ment that the prestige had not put q
stop to the slave trade, Is was then al
legged, pllrchased Young how slava for
one hundred rubIes thu aver.c. ,,.;ce
az the human .rtic,. n p..lh r.s
broucbt him q 81 ps+srs,.s-- ~" sas'
49, - ~. = r oeeEsDurg Inc
- 10y va suoscquenuy apPrentlced to
Asrr watcnmaker mere, and later be-
came = convert TO the Russian church.
According toa letter In the Russian
Official Gasetts the young Amer
decree finally freeing an tbo
bondmen vitkin Ma do,,,,,,;.. 80
nromulonte1 - a. 1o.A - 1."4 NJ ""S
h.r rs 1e1e e. go 80 = 49, Novem-
Mu.,ass- nm rrasr - $3.50 s 81 sne 'sse seld
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-05-14

-. 80, nv noee on my PaWs, 80
- : ,;Is and lust wiukcd ut her,
'nnoco", ,-...sned
ana ~ sne , ~ vent to work tying mp
inen -. nm ,nornine-glories to run
s.l'n .sT ~ ! she s.id. do you want "a
-. ch.r1ie?'' and / just bsTkcd les
see oa = 1.;.h eli NV might; aad she
yes, yes: A. Tin;
sa,u; :. - , ~ the looks Of those strings,
10" I'm .esr them down as soon rs
anu s'."'. $50 into the house. / think
i, manning, ~, ,,s;ss Won more and be very
$40 70 4. ..se not for me. help
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-05-14
FOB OUR YOUNG FOLKS


Once on . time, some years ago,
In place Il matters little 70 know,
There lived the queerest kind Of lad
You might cali him good, OF call him bad
What made him Queeri III let you see,
II you'll lust for minute listen TO met
Joshua Dow had sister and brother
And Joshua Dow had . father and mother;
he was rather soodloolins. biz clothes were
neat,
He'd the best Of homes. and plenty 70 est
And sure this boy was nobodys fool;
He learned his lessons. and went 70 senoots
But Joshua Dow spes decidedly queer
Now wait little. and you shall hear:
He had the qucerest kind OF way,
Amt you glad he wasn't one Of you brotherss-
OF forgetting s6nss things, and rcmembering
others.
He '.foreots to rise 1t his fnfhsr's cali.
Forgot and turned his face to the wall
But never was known TO forget TO eat
As soon - ever he got on his feet.
ssIn do Il, motherl'' said Joshua Dow,
When he bade her goodbye with his incest DOW.
Sometimes, when he'd starteo on his way,
Only intent on his boyish pla3.
And his mother asked him a erfand 70 DO
And he'd smile in her face 20 fond and true,
Then his mind would wander. he'd rather noe,
But generally Joshua Dow forgot"
Forgot the GRAND, 1 mean TO say,
But nothing concerning he work or play.
Said Grandps Joshua, just for one day.
Keep up the bars, I'm going away"
ssYes SIR he said, that's easy TO dos
I'll mend my rod tomorrow. too"
But the COW got into grandpa's corn
He was sorry, he ''wished she'd never been
born;
Such . troublesome. ugly, greedy COW,
almost hate her. said Joshua Dow.
But then-let me whisper-Wasn't II odd
That Joshua ssesdsd tAof JfsAiag ro6
swhen sou 20 to the store to buy your sled,
Wont you mi this orderr' said Uncle Ned;
"Please don't forget, the things are needed"
That canton Joshua never needed.
The sled was bought, such beauty, OIL
How Joshua wanted little snow.
II SEQ. my boy, you bought your sled,
Did you ali my orderr' said Uncle Ned.
NJ never thought-but isn't It meet
II only could have little ice."
Uncle Ned bit his lip, and turned sway,
And filled his own order that very day.
Did you ever know, boys, did Jon, now,
Such one-sided follow as Joshua Dowf
But stop minute; lets think Il OUT
Wen solve the mystery beyond doubt:
don't believe he was queer . bitl
He was only sslesh, that was IT.
| He loved himself, he ssforgct'' tho rest;
| Joshua Dow was always the first and best
| wonder II much that We call queer
| II We thought II over, would seem g clear.
| But let us be glad Hhsrs ars No boys s0D
A queer" or selhsk IS Joshua Dow.
-AWi|y Baksr asoafe, n Punsy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-05-14

A little girl Of eight summers stepped
into the store. of an Italian fruit--ers'er
the other day to buy some peanuts.
She was going to make q cali u:,sl u
friend. and wished to bring something
with her to add to the entertainments.
Stepping up to the fruit-vender. she
said: II want FIVE cents worth Of pea
nuts, and" looking appealingly into
the Italians face, please give me =
lot, for there's nine in the family. -
Boston Budget.